England

This year's 3D Printshow is set to be four times bigger than last year's show and will offer visitors a host of new features, says its organiser.

Steve Dryden, the former group finance director of packaging business DS Smith, is to become chief financial officer of consumables giant Flint Group on 1 July.

The Paper Pallet Company in Northants has been fined for safety breaches after a worker's hand was crushed in an unguarded laminating machine.

APS Group has won a three-year contract to supply print and point-of-sale material to one of the UK's largest independent retailers, the Midlands Co-operative Society.

Cross Media is looking to hit the 4,000-visitor mark for this year's show following last year's inaugural event that pulled in just over 2,500 people.

Avery Dennison will use next week's Fespa to launch new PVC-free films aimed to fulfil the growing demand for sustainable products.

Print and graphic design company Silvertoad is looking to leap in size after winning a Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) award for staff development.

Durst is to give a global unveiling of a new addition to its super-wide Rho 500R series roll-to-roll printers at Fespa, next week.

J-Teck3 is celebrating its 10th anniversary at Fespa by launching two digital inks for sublimation and direct-to-fabric printing on polyester.

Digital printer John E Wright has installed the UK's second EFI Vutek GS3250LX LED UV-curing printer to ramp up production speeds and quality.

Tradeprint.co.uk has bought its second Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106, three months after commissioning its first XL, as part of an 8m investment.

G&H Group has bought a Horizon SPF/FC-200A bookletmaker to trim set-up speeds per job from 25 minutes to around two.